Synonyms for rip

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Verb

tear, rip, rend, split, cleave, rive mean to separate forcibly. tear implies pulling apart by force and leaving jagged edges.
tear up the letter rip implies a pulling apart in one rapid uninterrupted motion often along a line or joint.
ripped the shirt on a nail rend implies very violent or ruthless severing or sundering.
an angry mob rent the prisoner's clothes split implies a cutting or breaking apart in a continuous, straight, and usually lengthwise direction or in the direction of grain or layers.
split logs for firewood cleave implies very forceful splitting or cutting with a blow.
a bolt of lightning cleaved the giant oak rive occurs most often in figurative use.
a political party riven by conflict

Examples of rip in a Sentence

Verb

She ripped the fabric in half.
He ripped open the package.
The dog ripped the pillow to shreds .
The force of the explosion ripped a hole in the wall.
Her coat ripped when it caught on the doorknob.
I ripped the poster off the wall.
The sink had been ripped from the wall.
He ripped the page out of the magazine.
She ripped off her mask.
He ripped the letter from my hands.